
Фильм про жизнь и вино. Про жизнь, до боли повседневную, и про вино, на удивление точно и выразительно описанное. Не опускание темы до уровня масс, а оставление её для тех кто её поймёт. Как "Полночь в Париже", фильм возможно и массовый, но Фильм "не для всех", а для тех кто увидит в сюжетной линии, не только мелодраму, а что-то более. Чудесное кино. 19/20 :)
Jack: If they want to drink Merlot, we're drinking Merlot.
Miles Raymond: No, if anyone orders Merlot, I'm leaving. I am NOT drinking any fucking Merlot!
Maya: Сan I ask you a personal question, Miles?
Miles Raymond: Sure.
Maya: Why are you so in to Pinot?
Miles Raymond: I don't know. It's a hard grape to grow, as you know. Right? It's thin-skinned, temperamental, ripens early. It's not a survivor like Cabernet, which can just grow anywhere and thrive even when it's neglected. No, Pinot needs constant care and attention. And in fact it can only grow in these really specific, little, tucked away corners of the world. And only the most patient and nurturing of growers can do it, really. Only somebody who really takes the time to understand Pinot's potential can then coax it into its fullest expression. Then, I mean, oh its flavors, they're just the most haunting and brilliant and thrilling and subtle and... ancient on the planet.
Miles Raymond: What about you? Why are you into wine?
Maya: I like to think about the life of wine.
Maya: How it's a living thing. I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing; how the sun was shining; if it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes. And if it's an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now. I like how wine continues to evolve, like if I opened a bottle of wine today it would taste different than if I'd opened it on any other day, because a bottle of wine is actually alive. And it's constantly evolving and gaining complexity. That is, until it peaks, like your '61. And then it begins its steady, inevitable decline.
Miles Raymond: Hmm.
Maya: And it tastes so fucking good.
Maya: You know, the day you open a '61 Cheval Blanc... that's the special occasion.
Говорят, что после выхода фильма продажи вин из пино нуара в западных США и Англии возрасли на 20%, а продажи вин из мерло упали. Ещё очень иронично, что тот самый Cheval Blanc 61-го, бережно припасённый главным героем - это купаж, среди прочего, ненавистных ему мерло и каберне франа.